Salman Pak
Salman Pak Arabic: سلمان باك | |
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city | |
Multi-National troops tour Salman Pak's famous Taq Kasra, the largest single-span vault of unreinforced brickwork in the world and the only visible remaining structure of the ancient city of Ctesiphon | |
Salman Pak | |
Coordinates: 33°06′N 44°35′E / 33.100°N 44.583°E / 33.100; 44.583Coordinates: 33°06′N 44°35′E / 33.100°N 44.583°E / 33.100; 44.583 | |
Country | Iraq |
Governorate | Baghdad |
District | Al-Mada'in |
Elevation | 6 m (20 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 117,500 |
Salman Pak (Arabic: سلمان باك) is a city located approximately 15 miles (24 km) south of Baghdad near a peninsula formed by a broad eastward bend of the Tigris River. It is named after Salman the Persian, a companion of Muhammad buried in the city.
The city overlaps with the ancient metropolis of Al-Mada'in, which includes the ruins of ancient Ctesiphon and ancient Seleucia.
It is also quite close to the Salman Pak facility, an Iraqi military installation which was a key center of Saddam Hussein's biological and chemical weapons programs.[1] The site included training grounds used by Iraqi intelligence to direct Special Operations Forces.
See also
- Al-Mada'in
- Salman the Persian
- Salman Al-Farsi Mosque
References
^ Salman Pak - Iraq Special Weapons Facilities
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